Now, as perhaps the world’s first country in the world, neighbor Sweden has t country's Chief Digital Officer to boost its domestic efforts.

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Appointed by Prime Minister Stefan Löfven and the Minister for Housing and Digital Development, Peter Eriksson, Åsa Zetterberg will be tasked with implementing the country’s digitalization strategy.

“We are experiencing one of the greatest structural shifts of our time,” says Zetterberg to Di Digital, a tech site.

“It’s about going from words to action,” she summarizes her task.

Sweden’s digitalization strategy was formalized last year and consists of five topics ranging from infrastructure and broadband access to spreading knowledge of digital technologies among the entire population. It also looks at issues such as online hate speech and cyberthreats.

“I will make visible what’s already happening in the digital realm, and shed light on areas where we need to do more to live up to the vision of a sustainable and digitized Sweden,” Zetterberg, who has previously led digital initiatives on municipal and county council levels, says.

As positive examples, Zetterberg mentions efforts made by countrywide ‘digital service centers’ that are helping the elderly and immigrants to be educated in digital technologies.